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And he brought the noble stranger.

With his shaggy friend he wandered.

In the house was heard his playing,

’Neath the roofs they heard his singing.

In the house there cried the people,

And exclaimed the handsome people,

“Listen to the noise resounding,

To the music from the forest,

Like the singing of the crossbill,

Or a maiden’s flute in forest.”

Väinämöinen, old and steadfast,

Then the house was fast approaching.

From the house there called the people,

And the handsome people asked him,

“Have you brought the bright gold with you,

Have you brought the silver hither,

Brought our darling money with you,

Gathered money on your journey?

Gave the wood the honey-eater,

And a lynx to lord of forest,

That you come among us singing,

On your snowshoes come rejoicing?“

Väinämöinen, old and steadfast,

Answered in the words which follow:

“Singing would I bring the otter,

Give to Jumala my praises,

So I sing as I am coming,

On my snowshoes come rejoicing.

“What I bring is not an otter,

Not a lynx, and not an otter,

One more famous is approaching,

Comes the pride of all the forest.

Comes an old man wandering hither,

With his overcoat he cometh.

If it be a pleasure to you,

Let the doors be widely opened;

But if you dislike the stranger,

Close the doors against him firmly.”

And the people gave him answer,

Shouted all the handsome people,